Several years ago, I worked in a hospital as an educator.  A new patient tower was under construction, and during that time, some of the departments and patient care areas were shifted around. The Emergency Department triage desk was moved closer to my office, so I’d pass by it several times a day.  I started to notice that if the nurses were having a slow moment, they’d often pick up a nursing journal or...

Lateral violence is at the forefront of every mind in health care right now.  Nursing shortages continue to grow, and while many schools and health care organizations are struggling to put new nurses into the pipeline supplying the nursing workforce, there are just as many individuals and organizations that are looking at the ‘drainpipe’ that takes capable and competent nurses out of employment.  With the...

I used to be an Emergency Medical Technician and spent a couple of years working in the pre-hospital setting.  I had spent months and months poring over my textbooks and working in manikins in preparation for patient care in the back of an ambulance, but nothing could have prepared me for what it would be like in the ‘real world.’  During one of my very first patient care experiences, my preceptor had started...

I wouldn’t say that Lions and Tigers and Nurses is necessarily the best way to learn about lateral violence, but it is certainly a unique and different way to learn.  The story is based on concepts and ideas presented in evidence-based research published by contemporary experts.  I recommend to all readers of Lions and Tigers and Nurses that they refer to the suggested reading list in the back of the book, and...

Absolutely not!  I simply chose nurses as the major target group for this series for several reasons.  I have worked with nurses for 15 years, so I have been an outsider looking in on the world of nursing and I have learned a lot about the way that nurses think and feel. Nurses are the largest population of non-physician health care professionals; they have an incredible, rich history as a profession; and they have...

No. I wish you the best of luck in your search for publication. But I’m sorry, I can’t accept any manuscripts.

  Amy Glenn Vega is not a nurse, nor does she play one on TV.  However, she has worked closely with nurses over the past fifteen years in her career as a health care educator and a former Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate.  She obtained her Masters in Business Administration and Masters in Health Administration at Pfeiffer University, and her Bachelor of Science in Health Education at the University of North...

Amy Vega will sign copies of the first two releases of her Nursing Novellas series at the NNSDO Conference in Philadelphia, PA, July 9-12. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Amy and get your signed copies of Lions and Tigers and Nurses and Broken Heart. For more information, please visit here.